Every ger was set up in the same way. The door always had to face south. To enter the ger, you had to step over the threshold, not step on it.

Once inside, furniture had to be arranged in a certain way. When you moved around inside, it was considered back luck to walk counterclockwise. (This belief possibly originated to get everyone moving in the same direction to avoid bumping heads.) Click here to see how a ger was arranged.